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Comment On Young Lukacs' Criticism Of Engels

Posted on:2011-05-28Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Z A WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360305477079Subject:Marxist philosophy
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Young Lukacs was in a situation of changing international environment, and in a situation of being surrounded by the Second International theorists supporting the rigid, dogmatic, and the theory of evolution-style Marxism, Young Lukacs had to rectify it. Then he met a series of problems, such as the interpretation of Marxism, how to understand the practice view of Marxism, what was the essence of Marxism, and so on.In order to refute the vulgar economic determinism shouting Peace long into socialism and evolutionary socialism, Lukacs thought of class consciousness as a historical subject and object, making use of the subject - object dialectics under the control of the class consciousness highlighted the human initiative dimension of the Philosophy of Marxism. However, since he was not able to comprehend profoundly and globally Philosophy of Marxism which not only as a world outlook of Marxism, but also as a methodology, which caused in his writing criticizing the practice concept of Engels and the theory of reflection.Previous researches highlight the conflict between Lukacs' argument and Marxism's, this analysis will undoubtedly enable us to identify the substance of Lukacs' improper view. However, this paper highlights the importance of the background of the ideological view, because no background, no viewpoint. Furthermore, the theoretical view must expound against different target directly, so when we stare at a conclusion, we must carefully analyze the time background, so as to understand Lukacs more comprehensively, also to know Marxism and its innovation and combining with present time better.
Keywords/Search Tags:Marx, Lukacs, Materialization, Subject-object dialectics, Class consciousness
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